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Originally Posted by mb135is
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Me thinks the 2 appeals to a much broader market than the 1 did because everything else has moved so far upmarket. I remember in 2008 speccing my m3 for euro delivery and it had a base price of 48.800. I know msrp and euro srp aren't exactly the same, but still...
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Good point. People shopping 4s will have a hard look at the 2. To me and some others, the 2 is the right size for a coupe.
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I agree. These cars are getting too big. My e90 is at the upper limit in terms of the size I want. When I have an f loaner, I feel like I'm floating along in a boat. The 2 is a re-imagined e46. I like it. And once a 4 door model hits US shores (but not in hatchback form) I expect this series will sell like gangbusters. That is until 6-7 years from now when everything moves upmarket again and bmw introduces the -1 series to compensate. Or maybe they'll just bring back the isetta?  |
Yea, I agree, and it comes down to what we're used to. I have a hard time driving an E9x size-wise. So while the size of the 2 looks to be a re-imagined e-46 (so is the 1 by that rationale), the key is whether or not it will _feel_ like the e46. No Fx-based car I've driven has felt anything like it. I'm not saying they're worse; I'm just saying I don't like them.
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...and let the bleating begin by those whose cars just became "not the current version."
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...and let the bleating begin by those who "have to have the latest and greatest..."
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I don't own a 135 and I think the 2 looks great. They got rid of that terrible character line that made the 1 series look like a little piggy.
This is going to be temptation for anyone considering a 4 series, especially since it doesn't look like the interiors are much different between the two.
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I do own a 135 and I also think the 2 looks great. The rear is off, but that might be fixable with a different diffuser.
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Why do you care at all what I like?